"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Morning comes and you're rolling over inside my head
Crashing walls and a break of thunder above our bed
While the light pouring through the window, it just bleeds my brain
Of the thoughts as they soak our pillows, and you complain
Laying on the ground, on the ground
And you're coming around
And I don't want no part of this
Don't bother this
I said it over and over
Laying on the floor, lay me down
And you're coming for more
And I don't want no part of this
Don't bother this
I said it over and over
When the hardest place to take the knife
In the back it stays like a lover's eyes
And I warned you
And I said "think twice"
Just can't break through
I tried to break you
Darkness falls and you're making your trailways beneath my skin
Claws out with a shotgun stare that burns holes in the wind
While the moon's jumping through the window, down onto my soul
Lights the path that you know you must take to make me lose thought control
Laying on the ground, on the ground
And you're coming around
And I don't want no part of this
Don't bother this
I said it over and over
Laying on the floor, lay me down
And you're coming for more
And I don't want no part of this
Don't bother this
I said it over and over
When the hardest place to take the knife
In the back it stays like a lover's eyes
And I warned you
And I said "think twice"
Just can't break through
I tried to break you
I said it over and over
I said it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
I said it over and over and over and over and over and over
When the hardest place to take the knife
In the back it stays like your lover's eyes
And I warned you
And I said think twice
Just can't break through
I just can't break you
Crashing walls and a break of thunder above our bed
While the light pouring through the window, it just bleeds my brain
Of the thoughts as they soak our pillows, and you complain
Laying on the ground, on the ground
And you're coming around
And I don't want no part of this
Don't bother this
I said it over and over
Laying on the floor, lay me down
And you're coming for more
And I don't want no part of this
Don't bother this
I said it over and over
When the hardest place to take the knife
In the back it stays like a lover's eyes
And I warned you
And I said "think twice"
Just can't break through
I tried to break you
Darkness falls and you're making your trailways beneath my skin
Claws out with a shotgun stare that burns holes in the wind
While the moon's jumping through the window, down onto my soul
Lights the path that you know you must take to make me lose thought control
Laying on the ground, on the ground
And you're coming around
And I don't want no part of this
Don't bother this
I said it over and over
Laying on the floor, lay me down
And you're coming for more
And I don't want no part of this
Don't bother this
I said it over and over
When the hardest place to take the knife
In the back it stays like a lover's eyes
And I warned you
And I said "think twice"
Just can't break through
I tried to break you
I said it over and over
I said it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
I said it over and over and over and over and over and over
When the hardest place to take the knife
In the back it stays like your lover's eyes
And I warned you
And I said think twice
Just can't break through
I just can't break you
Lyrics submitted by foundthevelvetsun7
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These are the lyrics Josiah posted on his MySpace for this song. I know it's been performed differently, but I've done some research (lol) and none of the performances I've watched are as recent as his MySpace post. So, here's a link to a good version on YouTube (the only full version on YouTube), even though it has slightly different verse lyrics: youtube.com/watch
So! I believe this is one of Josiah's better newer songs... it's honest, yet catchy (oh, I know, that word...).
If you find a newer version than March 24th, let me know and I may update these lyrics. But as of right now I think they are the correct ones, because when he performed it Josiah said he was still working on them.
So yeah. I'll also be on the lookout.
Peace to all you people who were with Josiah from the start, as well as the newcomers...
♥
I updated the lyrics and the title due to the leaking of a recent recorded version of the song. ;]
Thanks Josiah!
He recently put it back up on the myspace, with some new instrument stuff. Just to let you know. He put spaces and capitalization in the title too, haha. I guess we're not getting the title as "overandoverandoverandoverandoverandover..." like we hoped for. :]
this is an amazing song.